Post Your Best Model Ever

[Colin_Fraser]

This idea just came to me - how about we each post one single small photo of the one model we are proudest of, or the piece we consider to be our greatest modelling accomplishment ever.

Tell us why its special to you....e.g. maybe its a secret portrait of your mother-in-law that you didn't get slapped for......or you dropped it from 7 stories and it didn't break....or maybe you used real gold leaf on that carabinier cuirass.

I won't post until someone tells me is isn't a daft concept.

Colin

 

[Jamie Stokes]

Andrea's "The Old Fiddler"
The story and the setting just spoke to me..... an old man, down on his luck, fiddling for alms, while his dog holds his hat.
Few coins in the hat, and on the ground. Bottle of wine and and some food in a red kerchief around the back.
Makes a change from angry warriors, weary warriors, warriors in their finery, babes in barely there clothing, babes in no clothing, warriors posing for the artist, warriors knocking seven kinds of snot out of each other......

Just an old bloke, fiddling for alms, while his dog holds his hat...

Once I got past the fit issues, and had him completed, and based, I entered him in the South Australian Model Expo.

Earned me 2nd place in his class....

Got voted "Best historical figure" by entrants of the 2012 expo, that was high praise, being from my modeling peers.....

Still, the story speaks to me, every time
regards

 

[Colin_Fraser]

Probably my monster Marshal Ney shown beside a 54mm Historex conversion for scale. Took ages and annoyed my wife as I insisted on researching his life on our honeymoon. She says she honeymooned with 2 blokes, me and a dead Napoleonic general. She has grown fond of the Marshal over the years though.

Colin

 

[harrytheheid]

This is a great idea for a thread, but I'm going to have to cheat a little and feature a project that I only started on a couple of months ago; but it does promise to be one of my all time favourites.

I've a keen interest in Medieval Eastern Europe and the associated folklore. So when Pegaso released their Vlad Dracul figure, presumably the Voivode Vlad II - father of the more infamous Vlad III, the Impaler, he was a "must have" for me.
My main participation in the hobby isn't really painting figurines per se, (which explains why the results aren't generally that great), but more directed towards using them in dioramas, so I decided to go for Pegaso's Roaming Knight and three other 75mm models as companion pieces for Dracul in the vignette I have in mind. The first two figures are just about ready to go into the diorama base which I ought to get started on sometime next week; the other three characters just need a few finishing touches, so I'm hoping to wrap this one up and post a few snaps of the completed scenario around mid-March.
Meanwhile, here's a photo of Dracula's Dad and his faithful sidekick, the itinerant Polish Knight, Wilkowski.

 

[Helm]

Coo this is a tough call Colin I'll have a think I like/loathe them all equally in equal measure at times

 

[tonydawe]

General Sir John Monash - sculpted in 2009.

Monash was my hero as a boy. First figure or bust I've ever sculpted and painted 100% from scratch.

I'm proud of the process that led to his realisation and the effort I put into painting him.

I may have done better painting since, but this is still the piece I'm proudest of.

 

[ChaosCossack]

My proudest piece...
This one is the first mounted Napoleonic I'd done (bigger than 28mm) since my very early teens. After finishing it, I reluctantly entered it in the first model show I'd ever attended (2012 Guelph Modeller's Club) and to my infinite suprise and pleasure, I was awarded a Gold medal for the piece. I still shake my head in disbelief every time I walk by the cabinet in the diningroom and see it.

The piece is Pegaso's 75mm Red Lancer of Napoleon's Imperial Guard. Great sculpt, easy build and challenging paint... Definitely the work that I am most proud of... To date

Before you say it... I really must take a moment and take some better pictures of this one

Great idea for a thread Colin

The Other Other Colin

 

[Mark S]

My best model ever was Miss November 1977 but I'm not sure I should post a pic here.
I suppose she's in her early sixties now............

 

[Martin Antonenko]

My best one ever...?

I think, not a figure but a base: An exactly 1:24-copy of the original floor in the house of the ancient roman senate ("Curia"), Rome, all painted freehand.

Original...:

My copy...:

Cheers

 

[Helm]

Holy Cow Martin that's a bit different

Steve

 

[billyturnip]

Yes definitely one to be proud of Martin..

Roger.

 

[Martin64]

Ok - here we go - unfortunately it`s another German. Although my painting skills might have changed since then (hopefully for the better) this figure was sculpted from scratch while equipment was taken from the Kirin range. While working on it I never imagined that it would become a commercial kit in the end. Therefore it is still special among my other projects. Enough said!

Picture taken by my nephew - many thanks Henrik!
Cheers, Martin

 

[ghamilt1]

I'd have to say this vignette, because it was the very first time I ever managed to finished a scratch built vignette, and because of the fact that some of the ground work was taken from the Culloden battlefield when I visited there in 2010.

 

[LVM]

For me, it is this scene. Stalingrad from Jaguar. It took me one year to paint the 3 figures. I was so happy when I finished it because of the result. I thought that I achieve to create the atmosphere I wanted.

Laurent

 

[dancap3286]

this one is one of my personal favs. It is entitled "Sniper"

 

[Helm]

Blimey Dan that's a bit good mate nice one

Steve

 

[dancap3286]

Ok - here we go - unfortunately it`s another German. Although my painting skills might have changed since then (hopefully for the better) this figure was sculpted from scratch while equipment was taken from the Kirin range. While working on it I never imagined that it would become a commercial kit in the end. Therefore it is still special among my other projects. Enough said!

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Picture taken by my nephew - many thanks Henrik!
Cheers, Martin

very nice Martin! I did not know you did the master for this figure and I've always liked this one. Great reason to be proud of this one.

 

[Wings5797]

This piece is my favourite, not that it is the best that I have done but so many great people helped and advised me throughout the various porcess' .
So, although I call it my own, I have to thank my good friends from, The Great War Forum, The Gordon Highlanders Museum, The Worcester Medal Services and of course you Guys at PF. Oh and must not forget Carl Reid for sculpting the great top half.
Cheers,
Keith

PS the most satisfying and quickest to make from scratch.....the packet of Players Cigaretts

 

[bwildfong]

Cool thread Colin - thanks for suggesting it.
Here's my addition - this Ultracast US Naval Aviator in 54mm:

Even though I've done many figures since, this one always grabs me whenever I survey the "done shelf"; I think it's the figure's white and red flying helmet. The whole figure would have been a lot more drab had I not found a colour photo showing this actual helmet being worn; it just lifts the figure out of the ordinary for me.

Keep posting - this is neat!

 

[Martin64]

very nice Martin! I did not know you did the master for this figure and I've always liked this one. Great reason to be proud of this one.

Thank you for the kind words. Since I have worked my way through this project I appreciate and admire the work of top sculptors even more - this one was my first "sculpt" and I planned to do it initially as a "one-off" for myself - so whoever owns a figure from Jaguar models sculpted by Mike Good will see a difference when he opens the box of this one.
Like your dio featuring the British Paras - must have been hard to pick just one out of your many scenes and figures - Airborne all the way!
Cheers, Martin